Bridging the Gap
CONFERENCE
2026
Conference Agenda
Friday, 20 March 2026
9:00 - 9:30 - Sign In
Tea, Coffee and Pastries
Plenary Session
High Conflict Institute
9:35 - 10:30 - Elizabeth Room
New Ways for Mediation:
A Method for Handling High-Conflict Mediation
Breakout Sessions
High Conflict Institute
10:35 - 11:30 - Elizabeth Room
Help Parents Become Conflict Influencers: The B4 Skills™ and BIFF®
IAG Forensics & Valuation
10:35 - 11:30 - Carlton Room
Identifying & Tracing Cryptocurrency
11:30 - 11:45 - Refreshment Break
Breakout Sessions
11:45 - 12:35 - Elizabeth Room
Parental Alienation: Understanding the Dynamic, Avoiding Harm
Katie Phillips, Solicitor
Head of Family Law at LEAP
11:45 - 12:35 - Carlton Room
Using Legal Technology to Support Ethical, Trauma-Informed Practice
12:35 - 13:15 - Lunch
Breakout Sessions
13:45 - 14:30 - Elizabeth Room
It's a way of looking at things": Embedding Children's Meaningful Participation in Decision-Making when Parents Separate
Alan Larkin, Nova Law
13:45 - 14:30 - Carlton Room
Al, Access to Justice and the Future of Family Law Practice The Nova Law Model
Breakout Sessions
14:30 - 15:20 - Elizabeth Room
Pet Custody: Who Gets the Dog, and Why It Matters
NVRnorthampton
14:30 - 15:20 - Carlton Room
'Resisting Distance: How an NVR Approach to Parent-Child Contact Problems Might 'Bridge the Gap'
15:20 - 15:30 - Break
Founder Amicable Divorce Network
Patterson Moore Butler
15:30 - 16:20 - Elizabeth Room
The Cost of Caring: Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and SecondaryTrauma in Family Law
Founder Mediation Matters Midlands,
The London Mediation Company
15:30 - 16:20 - Carlton Room
Child Voice, Neurodiversity and Trauma-Informed Practice: Hearing the Child Without Harm
16:20 - 16:30 - Elizabeth Room
From Insight to Action: What Changes on Monday Morning & Closing Remarks
